Buscarino Virtuoso

**wintermoon** · 12-02-2014, 12:44 AM

you might want to tell the singer not to knock her knees together when she sings [though it's cute in a shy way]
and not to mouth the lyrics when you play a solo.
;^)

**SierraTango** · 12-02-2014, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by Patrick2

To my ears, it could have been the same guitar in both clips, with the amp tweaked a bit and different strings on each. I would also assume that that each has a different floating pup? Bob's pups say Benedetto and John's pups say Buscarino. But, depending upon the year of the Benedetto, it could have been a KA . . or it could have been something different. I also wouldn't be too surprised if both pups were private labeled by the same maker.

The Buscarino was a bit warmer and fatter . . at times. The Cremona was more clearly defined, but thinner . . at times. It seems to me that your pick attack on the Buscarino changed a bit at 50 seconds in. The tone seemd to get a bit brighter . . very similar to the Cremona.

They're both so similar, it's sometines hard to pick them as being apart from each other.

I'm with P2 on this one. Very similar. As far as PU's go my 90 Cremona has a Bartolini floater and I recall Bartolini PU's being used on many Benedetto guitars before the deal with Seymour Duncan to produce PU's with the Benedetto logo.
So, yes, depending on the vintage or the owner changing PU's it could be a KA, Bartolini, or Seymour Duncan or ?
BTW I'm quite happy with the Bartolini on mine and have no plans to change it out.

**kris** · 12-02-2014, 02:47 PM

+1 Patrick2

**steves3972** · 12-02-2014, 11:14 PM

Nice combo. Set for life....
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**Patrick2** · 12-02-2014, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by wintermoon

you might want to tell the singer not to knock her knees together when she sings [though it's cute in a shy way]
and not to mouth the lyrics when you play a solo.
;^)

So when there's a beautiful Buscarino on stage, why are you looking at the young ladies knees??

**peterbright** · 12-02-2014, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by Patrick2

So when there's a beautiful Buscarino on stage, why are you looking at the young ladies knees??

He must be just like I am. I liked the knees no matter what they were doing.

**oldane** · 12-03-2014, 06:12 AM

Originally Posted by wintermoon

you might want to tell the singer not to knock her knees together when she sings [though it's cute in a shy way]
and not to mouth the lyrics when you play a solo.
;^)

OT: Did you ever hear Dexter Gordon live? His knees wobbled from side to side when he played - more intensely when the music swang hard. I have never seen any other jazz musician move that way.

**kris** · 12-03-2014, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by oldane

OT: Did you ever hear Dexter Gordon live? His knees wobbled from side to side when he played - more intensely when the music swang hard. I have never seen any other jazz musician move that way.

I am a great fan of great Dexter Gordon...:-)

**oldane** · 12-03-2014, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by kris

I am a great fan of great Dexter Gordon...:-)

More OT: We were blessed having him in Copenhagen for more than 10 years. I heard him many times in The Montmatre Jazz House. Maybe we also ended up taking him for granted - but then, one day he had gone back to US to a new stardom. But to us older Danish jazz fans, he will always be "Bent Gordonsen from Valby" as he often introduced himself (Valby is a part of Copenhagen). I can still feel the chill down my spine when I hear his huge tone on "I guess I'll hang my tears out to dry" on the "Go" album. He was a ballad master. Hear it here:

**wintermoon** · 12-03-2014, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by oldane

More OT: We were blessed having him in Copenhagen for more than 10 years. I heard him many times in The Montmatre Jazz House. Maybe we also ended up taking him for granted - but then, one day he had gone back to US to a new stardom. But to us older Danish jazz fans, he will always be "Bent Gordonsen from Valby" as he often introduced himself (Valby is a part of Copenhagen). I can still feel the chill down my spine when I hear his huge tone on "I guess I'll hang my tears out to dry" on the "Go" album. He was a ballad master.

very high on my list of tenor favorites.
I was a fan for years and unfortunately when I finally got to meet him it was not in a concert setting, but on his deathbead and almost unrecognizable and incoherent. he died the next day, can't believe it's been 25 yrs.
very sad to see...

**kris** · 12-04-2014, 04:16 AM

Originally Posted by oldane

More OT: We were blessed having him in Copenhagen for more than 10 years. I heard him many times in The Montmatre Jazz House. Maybe we also ended up taking him for granted - but then, one day he had gone back to US to a new stardom. But to us older Danish jazz fans, he will always be "Bent Gordonsen from Valby" as he often introduced himself (Valby is a part of Copenhagen). I can still feel the chill down my spine when I hear his huge tone on "I guess I'll hang my tears out to dry" on the "Go" album. He was a ballad master. Hear it here:

The Montmatre Jazz House...
I /ve seen Barney Kessel in 1978 there.
I've been on tour in Copenhagen in 1978 invaited by Will Bill Davidson-trumpet player from USA.

**oldane** · 12-04-2014, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by kris

The Montmatre Jazz House...
I /ve seen Barney Kessel in 1978 there.
I've been on tour in Copenhagen in 1978 invaited by Will Bill Davidson-trumpet player from USA.

Even farther out OT:

I remember Kessel being there and I read the reviews in the papers but I missed hearing him. I was living and working in another part of the country and couldn't go to Copenhagen due to work obligations. If you have been in Copenhagen with Wild Bill Davison, you may also have met a close friend of my wife and I, Danish trumpeter Theis Jensen who was also a good friend of Davison (and Albert Nicholas too). Theis played and sang very much like Armstrong and at that time he co-led a dixieland band band with trombonist Peter Nygaard. Davison was often guest star with them when he was in Denmark.